Mike McCray: LB · Michigan · #9.
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Mike McCray
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Michigan. On tape: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Air Force, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 16.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-17vs No. 17 Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 36-14vs Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-13vs Air Force | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 28-10@ Purdue | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-14vs Michigan State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20@ Indiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-42@ No. 2 Penn State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-14vs Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-10vs Minnesota | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-10@ Maryland | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-24@ No. 5 Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-31vs No. 8 Ohio State | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 19-26vs South Carolina | 9 | 7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 49 | 16.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%16 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups79 tackles · 16.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jim Harbaugh, all run-heavy offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
39.8%
346 pass / 523 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
385 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
79 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan, 151 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
